The singer shared images of his old phone, including a selfie with Swift and a fun note about the VMA’s 2009 incident.
Ed Sheeran surprised his followers by publishing personal photos recovered from his old mobile phone, including unpublished images with Taylor Swift and a curious manuscript note of the singer who refers to the famous incident with Kanye West in the VMA’s 2009.
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The photographs are part of the promotion of their new single “Old Phone”, a song inspired by the memories he found when reviewing his 2015 device. “It was like opening a time capsule,” Sheeran confessed on his social networks. Among the files are moments with his wife Cherry Seaborn, producer Benny Blanco and messages from figures such as Elton John.
But without a doubt, the images that attracted the most were those of Taylor Swift. In one of them they appear together in a casual selfie, while another shows a jam bottle with a label written by the swift itself that said: “Hey, ed – I am very happy for you and I will let you finish, but this is the best jam of all time – T”. The phrase is a clear wink at the time Kanye West interrupted Swift in the VMA’s to say that Beyoncé deserved the award.
Sheeran explained that he recovered these files during a legal process related to the copyright of his song “Thinking out loud”, when a judge ordered him to deliver his old devices. When reviewing them, he not only found photos with celebrities, but also emotional messages of deceased friends such as Jamal Edwards and Mac Miller, which led him to a deep nostalgic trip.
“I cried when reading messages from people who are no longer,” admitted the singer, who turned this experience in the inspiration for his new song. “Old Phone” is part of his next album, recorded in India, and reflects that mixture of nostalgia and personal growth.
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To share more of these memories, Sheeran created a secondary account on Instagram (@Teddysoldphone), where he published other intimate images, including a private party with Swift, his then boyfriend Calvin Harris, and members of One Direction such as Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Harry Styles.
This article was prepared with the assistance of AI
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